Effect of pressure on structural, electronic and optical properties of SrF2: a first principles study



Título del documento: Effect of pressure on structural, electronic and optical properties of SrF2: a first principles study
Revista: Revista mexicana de física
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000426016
ISSN: 0035-001X
Autores: 1
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Instituciones: 1Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Instituto de Física, Puebla. México
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Periodo: Ene-Feb
Volumen: 64
Número: 1
País: México
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Analítico, teórico
Resumen en inglés We report results of the first principles calculations of structural, electronic and optical properties of SrF2 under pressure, performed using full-potential linearized augmented plane wave (FP-LAPW) method based on density functional theory as implemented on WIEN2k code. The exchange-correlation energy functional has been treated with generalised gradient approximation (GGA) for structural optimization, while the Tran-Blaha modifed Becke-Johnson potential (TB-mBJ) has been employed for electronic and optical calculations. Our results show that the first transition from Fm 3 ¯m to Pnam structure occurs at 5.8 GPa and the second transformation from Pnam to P63/mmc structure takes place at 24.8 GPa. Our electronic calculation indicates an indirect gap X- Γ of Fm 3 ¯m structure, direct gap Γ- Γ of Pnam structure and indirect gap Γ-K of P63/mmc structure. We do not observe the metallization up to 210 GPa. The linear optical properties such as absorption coefficient, reflectivity, refraction index, conductivity and energy loss function have been derived from calculated complex dielectric function for a wide energy range of 0-50 eV and pressure up to 50 GPa, and analyzed in detail
Disciplinas: Física y astronomía
Palabras clave: Optica,
Primeros principios,
Transición de fase
Keyword: Optics,
First principles,
Phase transition
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